Oh that makes sense so Michigan has 27 open roster spots? So when Jeremy Clarke originally committed to Michigan he wasn't under the impression he was going to grey shirt? As far as medical hardships go are you a MD? Did you check each player out? is it possible a 18-22 year old kid could not accept the fact that he may never be 100 pct healthy again?

1. 27 open roster spots - attrition happens, its part of college football. Players want to get time on the field, when they don't they find somewhere that they can play.

2. Jeremy Clark greyshirt - Hoke offered him a greyshirt first, Clarke accepted it fully knowing what he was doing (and then was rewarded with a full scholarship later), this is totally different from telling a recruit they have a full scholarship, then when they get on campus telling them they either have to greyshirt or leave. This is a common theme among some coaches in the SEC, namely Saban and Miles. Link, Link2.

3. Medical Scholarships - It is also well known that Nick Saban loves to use medical scholarships. Link1, Link2. (Got ya on the medical scholarships with a WSJ and an SI article, how ya like them apples?)

Just wondering who else would make such a stupid defense of Alabama's unprecendented and unmatched use of the medical hardship rule without being even a tiny bit suspicious. If you want to use our players as examples, you might want to learn how to spell their names. Clark isn't that difficult. What was the point of that example - that Michigan's coaches were upfront with a recruit and his family early in the recruiting process? Just because you can't count 27 open roster spots does not mean they don't exist. I think that's exactly how many we have if one player is not invited back for his fifth season. That's not allowing for the blindingly obvious fact that the coaches know a lot more about their players' plans than we do.

management crosses the ethics line. Heck, the SEC's new 1-class size limits were adopted to stop many of these tactics and Saban was the most vocal opponent.

On the recruiting side, though, his ability to deliver the #1 class almost every year is impressive. His main competitors (Ole Miss, Auburn, FSU) use even shadier tactics. It takes a lot of talent to run his NFL schemes and he relentlessly recruits those kids.

Of his three finalists I thought they were the least likely. He seemed to like the fact that Georgia wanted him to be their new Jarvis Jones, and he already had Auburn ink. Now he chooses the school whose biggest rival's logo is permanently on his body. The dude certainly isn't the brightest crayon in the box...

There are a couple stories about how the Auburn tattoo sort of took on a different meaning for Foster, at least in his own words. (LINK). This is an older story, written just after he had decommitted from Auburn, but it discusses this part of the mystery anyway.

According to the report, he tweeted back in December that the tattoo would not be removed in honor of his cousin - former Auburn football player Ladarious Phillips - who was killed in a shooting near Auburn's campus. Definitely not the reason he got the tattoo in the first place, but this is his reason for keeping it now.

This kid seems to scream highest risk, highest reward. I wouldn't be surprised if he is an all-American and a high 1st-round pick in 2016 and I'd be equally unsurprised if he never plays a down at Bama (or wherever he signs).

and that Poggi will make the entire Michigan fanbase feel like Jerry Maguire tomorrow. Someone get the clip ready of Rod Tidwell mocking Maguire on the plane ride back from the NFL draft immediately after he lost Cush and Avery, just in case.

At least the bright side is that Poggi's talent level/expectations are much more in line with Tidwell than Cush, so we'll have that going for us if he bails.

Before his junior season at Troup High School, Foster committed to Alabama

After his junior season at Troup, he decided to transfer because his coach was fired. Foster reportedly took visits to at least five high schools, including Sandy Creek and Newnan. He ended up enrolling at Alabama’s Auburn High School – just down the road from Auburn University.

Last summer, Foster, as expected, switched his commitment from Alabama to Auburn, drawing the wrath of Alabama fans on Twitter (they love him now, though)

One day after the flipping between archrivals, Foster got a gigantic Auburn tattoo on his forearm

In November, Foster skipped the Iron Bowl to go to the UGA-Georgia Tech game and briefly considered flipping the Bulldogs due to the impending firing of Gene Chizik. He decided to wait to see the fate of Auburn assistant Trooper Taylor, his mentor.

In December, after Taylor was not retained by new Aubun coach Gus Malzahn, Foster de-committed from the Tigers

Foster told DawgNation.com that UGA’s coaches told him not to worry about the Auburn tattoo, that he could cover it by wearing long sleeves underneath his football uniform. He also told the website that children’s daycare and babysitters would affect his college decision (he has a 3-year-old daughter)

Last week, seemingly out of nowhere, Foster took an official visit to San Diego State with two of his former Troup buddies.

This past weekend, Foster reportedly left his Auburn official visit and showed up on Alabama’s campus.

represents the textbook case of a recruit that Hoke and company will never chase after, for better or for worse. It's interesting because if a guy like that pans out, he probably becomes better than any LB Michigan has on the roster. But he's just as liable to completely flame out as he is to succeed. Meyer would be more likely to go after a guy like that and all the OSU fans would get super excited if they landed him or someone of his caliber despite the character issues. But just remember that Meyer didn't have a 100% track record on this stuff during his time at Florida. It explains in part why they had so many arrests/character issues during his stay and why they had such big swings in terms of on-field performance:

Part Deux -- his crowning achievement -- will be a tat of Saban pooping out a tiny bomb. However, the tat will be inexplicably placed on Foster's left calf muscle leaving college football fans everywhere as confused as we are now.